“Can I publish somebody else’s old journal/diary?”
“I am in possession of a journal that was published in the 1940’s. Is something like this publishable?”
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Amazon Withheld Vaccine Assistance Until Trump Left; Rioters Target Reporters??; and MUCH MORE – In The News – 01/22/2021
Amazon selling products promoting violence against certain groups; Woman gets 43-year prison sentence for insulting king; Rioters targeting journalists??; and the man who kept C.S. Lewis’s legacy alive.
Amazon Ebook Investigation; $800 Hardcover; Censorship; and More! …In The News – 01/14/2021
Imprisoned for writing about Covid; Those who participate in riots are not journalists; Forbes op-ed tells companies not to hire those who used to work for Trump; and PBS lawyer fired after several inflammatory videos surface
The Law That Didn’t Anticipate Social Media Sites Killing Journalism – …In the News 01/07/2021
NYT accused of publishing communist China propaganda; US newsrooms continue to bleed journalists; Court fight over media access to cour cases; Twitter sued by computer repair shop owner; Woman find herself the object of elaborate fictional narrative/video posted online; and Court says libelous statements can’t be hidden from public
Co-author sues celebrities; Manuscripts are being stolen; and much more! …In The News – 12/23/2020
Bad media moments of 2020, Best media corrections of 2020, Amazon continues to steamroll rivals and partners; NYT tricked; WA Post to add 150 jobs in 2021; Is it news…or propaganda?; and Covid bill contains piracy provision
“Can I publish a memoir that was written in 1915?”
“I have not seen anything in writing about who owns the rights to the manuscript…”
Hate Speech Laws or Government Power Laws?; Amazon to Start Selling to Libraries, and More! …In The News – 12/18/20
Russian Media are FINALLY Going After Putin; Book Sales are Resilient in a Pandemic; Record Number of Journalists Imprisoned in 2020; Publisher Admits He Has “Little Ground” for a Lawsuit
Author Claims Publisher Stopped Paying Royalties…and Then Released Paperback Edition After Contract Termination – In The News – 11/19/2020
Amazon censors another book…and then changes its mind; Big 5 publishers become 4 as Penguin buys Simon & Schuster; More censorship by Amazon; Can AI distinguish between conspiracy throery and truth?; Amazon gives new workers bonuses and old workers turkey vouchsters; The Los Angeles Times and Tribune Publishing pay $3M settlement after paying white males more than other journalists; Hilton Head magazine company ordered to pay to printer
“How can I ensure my books stay in print after I die?”
What is a literary trustee and where can I find one?
Is That Movie/TV Show Substantially Similar to Your Book…or Not? by Harvey Randall, Esq.
The absence of substantial similarity proved fatal to Author’s copyright violation claims.